Miami Heat Executive Tapped To Head Business Operations For Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday announced a Miami Heat executive will join as the team's new COO for business operations.

John Vidalin will oversee day-to-day business operations, including ticket sales, branding, corporate partnerships and ballpark operations when he comes aboard in August.

“John’s senior executive experience working for some of the most iconic sports team brands and most-respected organizations across the world’s top sports leagues make him the ideal choice to oversee our talented business division in further developing our Orioles and Oriole Park brands in the years to come,” Orioles Executive Vice President John Angelos said in a statement.

Vidalin is now the executive vice president and chief revenue officer for the Heat. He came to Miami in 2013, after a decade in the NFL, most recently with the San Francisto 49ers, where he played a key role in planning that team's move to Levi's Stadium.

“I am honored to join an organization that has set the standard in sports venue development,” Vidalin said. “Having drawn more than 70 million fans and tourists to Oriole Park, the Orioles annually rank at the very top of our industry in delivering customer experience and family memories to their fans. I am eager to take on this leadership role, to continue and expand upon that fan-first vision, and to further grow the Camden Yards and Orioles brands across the region.”

An Edmonton, Alberta native, he is a graduate of Lethbridge College in Alberta and Royal Roads University in British Columbia.